Folk exclusives
Exclusive: Jordan Lehning records stunning At Home Session of Little Lie for Backseat Mafia
Nashville based producer, composer and singer-songwriter Jordan Lehning has done a wonderful lockdown At Home Sesssion for us of ‘Little Lie’, taken from his recent album Little Idols. The album was written in the style of a short film, telling the tale of an affair between a married woman and a single man that unfolds …
Premiere: Polyhymns release the beautiful alt-folk of ‘JK’
Sheffield trio Polyhymns are gearing up for the release of their debut EP ‘Hybrid Sunday’, available on Limited Edition 10” Lathe Cut Vinyl with Sheffield’s Do It Thissen Record Label, and deliberately scheduled to fit in with Bamdcamps first Friday of the month offers – do yourselves a favour, right? From the EP we’re delighted to …
Exclusive: Tommy Ashby does Blood Wolf Moon live in session for Backseat Mafia
We fell for Scottish singer-songwriter Tommy Ashby’s recent Blood Wolf Moon single, its aching melancholy set against this bubbling acoustic guitar, so we were absolutely delighted when he agreed to do an At Home Session for us here at Backseat Mafia and record the track, taken from his forthcoming EP ‘Everywhere is Home’, out this …
Premiere: The Brothers Landau – Haven’t Got A Name
Los Angeles based The Brothers Landau, aka David and Daniel Landau are releasing their new EP on August 28th. Ahead of that they’re releasing the rather lovely indie-folk of ‘Haven’t Got A Name’ on June 23rd, and we’re delighted to be premiering it here today on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, the brothers told us …
Exclusive: Out of the Woods – I remember you (in session)
Ditte Grube, aka Out Of The Woods is a Danish singer-songwriter who is gearing up for the release of her debut album Birds and Beast, and has done of the the songs from the album exclusively for us her at Backseat Mafia, shot in and around her garden in Aarhus. She found music, or her …
Premiere: Éyal Hai – I miss
The Side Project main man Éyal Hai, has stepped out of that particular guise to release a solo single ‘I Miss’ , which we’re absolutely delighted to premiere here on Backseat Mafia. On the song, Éyal says “I first recorded the song as a voice memo on my iPhone, at 3 AM in my small Brooklyn apartment …
Premiere: Broken Forest – Ghosts in the dark
Taken from Broken Forest’s forthcoming ‘Live at the old church’ EP, out on August 30th via Luise London Records, were delighted to premiere the new video for an live acoustic version of recent single ‘Ghosts in the Dark’ right here on Backseat Mafia. Essentially the project of Luise London, Broken Forest takes their folk stylings …
Premiere: Tony Harrah – Unicorns album stream
Everything changed for singer-songwriter Tony Harrah about year ago when his wife, and mother of his three children, suddenly passed away. The result of that is a new record, titled Unicorns – the name of the eulogy he gave at her funeral, and we’re delighted to premiere it here on Backseat Mafia. Although written partly …
Premiere: Firefly Burning – Breathe Shallow album stream
Breathe Shallow is the third full length album from art/alt-folk band Forefly Burning, and is out this Friday (May 31st) via Fathom Records. The band, Bea Hankey (vocals) Jack Ross (guitar, percussion, vocals) James Redwood (violin/mandolin, vocals), Sam Glazer (cello, vocals) and John Barber (piano, bass synth, gendér barung, percussion and vocals), mould together traditional …
Premiere: Luke Hogan – Windowpane
Taken from Portland singer/songwriter Luke Hogan’s debut album ‘Thank You Stranger’, we’re delighted to premiere the track Windowpane here on backseatmafia.com Of the single, Luke told us that “I wrote ‘windowpane’ in my tiny bedroom in what will hopefully remain the worst apartment I’ve ever lived in- my first official place in Los Angeles after …